Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-04-08
The RUSSIAN AurocaAr,
''a'sr who wni Not Admit the
Lenst toncession TO The s
Spirit OF the Aee.

s who WIN Not Admit In.
1ehat tonceNsion 10 the
spirit OF the Age.
y ~ occasiopal correspondent Of me
.'onoon Times, writing from ST peters
Dnrg, gives some account 81 ito ~.
ana MS surroundings from which ~
io.owing passages are taken:
we know from the last WORK Il,
Count w., and from Russian or,,,a,'
= general, that Alexander ri 4 ]
very temperate man. model bpsband
ana father, and such lover Of bonestv
ana leicester of self-seekIno off;ci.is
Una. ne has sacrificed many persons ~
poh'lcal worth to preference for man
n ~ nus encourage. who. although NOT
prilIlant are at least irreproachable as
Iegards honesty and devotion To iuna
IA interests rather than to their o,yn
ne works hard to master the sn,aIIaa,
"DETAILS OF government, examining exa,.,.
paper with the greatest attentio,. ~
TINS absorption in minor matters 4 nv =
s saul Is often taken advantage of BY bis
eonnciiors to keep from him the direc.
ZION Oh the greater questions of state. AZ
,east as Tor as concerns home affairs
ms knowledge Is now believed 10 be
1ar more extensive than was ooneraII,,
supposed. but he is extremely rcservaJ
ana rarely coEverses with anv ~ H.
personages admitted almost dailv r.
nus presence. He keeps his own conn,
sci as much as possible, and II d very
e9iuent that his most DISTINGUISHED
generals have not vet made M th.ir
ing him. = "Ppioach-
The reserve which for MANY rea ,on,
was forced upon the car wb;Ia ~
neif-apParent seems to have grown Tito
q settled habit In society during the
ot. petersburg season--whjcb. how.
ever, plainly bores him as much as If visi.
ply delights the empress-th there is moth
ing more striking, as Count V-puts
IT, than his majesty's mild and severe
look at one and the same time II is
curious in this connection that amono
ali his portraits painted since his acces,
son there is no uniform and settled
stamp OF expression given in the face.
for some time past however, the
gloomy cloud that used to hang about
the brow long after the terrible death
OF his father has been gradually wear
ing away. In order to be seen perfect
~ at ease he should be observed
with his children in the grounds of
Gatchlna. where he is much more at
home than in st. Petersburg. His
physical strength, it is said. fully re-
cords with his enormous size of body
and limb. and often one hears il said
that he can easily break an ordinary
horseshoe with bare hands. OF one
thing there can be but little doubt, and
that IS certainly his tenacity and OBJ
stinacy OF opinion and purpose Both
The Afghan frontier and Bulgarian
questions have borne witness to this
quality.
The emperor is sometimes brusoue,
and not only says severe things when
necessary. but occasionally writes some
sharp comments upon the margins of
reports. Having entered upon his
great inheritance with declared de-
termination to maintain the absolute
power, and with tne keen sense of the
dishonor brought on Russia, both at
home and abroad. By the weakness and
wavering of the last regime, he will not
admit the least concession 10 the spirit
of the age, nor the slightest compro-
mise with the autocratic principle, and
he is naturally very suspicious of being
overruled by any interested influence
No one expects any important reform
during his reign: but the relinqush-
ment of this hope is somewhat counter
balanced by the proud satisfaction felt
at his majestys new departure in for
eign affairs. He will never, it is con-
stantly repeated, yield up the fruits of
victory once war is undertaken, as was
done by Russia under Alexander III. at
the Berlin congress. 1t does not follow,
however, that all who go with him in this
direction are sincere in their admra-
ton; for it is evident that many whose
desires and aspirations have now no fu-
ture at home would, Russia-like. throw
themselves enthusiastically into any
movement, wherever it might be made,
in the hope that aros, us they say, some
good and some change may perhaps
come out of it